Nganasan
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Nganasan — may refer to: The Nganasan people The Nganasan language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly … Wikipedia
Nganasan — ▪ people also called Tavgi or Tavgi Samoyed an indigenous Arctic people (Arctic) who traditionally resided in the lower half of the Taymyr Peninsula of Russia. They numbered about 800 in the early 21st century. The Dolgan also… … Universalium
Nganasan — noun 1. a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia • Hypernyms: ↑Russian • Member Holonyms: ↑Siberia 2. the Uralic language spoken by the Nganasan • Hypernyms: ↑Samoyedic, ↑Samoyed … Useful english dictionary
Nganasan language — Nganasan ня” Pronunciation [næʔ] Spoken in Russia Region Taymyr Autonomous Okrug … Wikipedia
Nganasan people — The Nganasans are one of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. They are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula by the Arctic Ocean. Their territory is part of Krasnoyarsk Krai. Their capital is the settlement of… … Wikipedia
Nganasan — ISO 639 3 Code : nio ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
Shamanism in Siberia — Northern Asia, particularly Siberia is regarded as the locus classicus of shamanism.Hoppál 2005:13] It is inhabited by many different ethnic groups. Many of its Uralic, Altaic, and Paleosiberian peoples observe shamanistic practices even in… … Wikipedia
arctic — arctically, adv. /ahrk tik/ or, esp. for 7, /ahr tik/, adj. 1. (often cap.) of, pertaining to, or located at or near the North Pole: the arctic region. 2. coming from the North Pole or the arctic region: an arctic wind. 3. characteristic of the… … Universalium
Uralic languages — Family of more than 30 languages spoken by some 25 million people in central and northern Eurasia. A primary division is between the Finno Ugric languages, which account for most of the languages and speakers, and the Samoyedic languages. The… … Universalium
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